List of marine molluscs of Chile explained

This list of marine molluscs of Chile is a partial list of marine mollusc species which have been recorded in Chile. In other words, it is a list of salt water species of snails, clams and other molluscs. The list does not include land snails or slugs, or freshwater snails or clams.

Polyplacophora

Order: Neoloricata

Chaetopleuridae

• Chaetopleura peruviana

Chitonidae

• Acanthopleura echinata (Barnes, 1824)
• Chiton granosus
• Chiton magnificus (Deshayes, 1844)
• Tonicia atrata
• Tonicia chilensis
• Tonicia disjuncta
• Tonicia lebruni

Ischnochitonidae

• Chaetopleura angulata (Spengler, 1797)
• Chaetopleura benaventei
• Chaetopleura peruviana
• Ischnochiton pusio (Sowerby in Sow. & Brod, 1832)

Mopaliidae

• Plaxiphora aurata

Gastropoda

Patellidae

• Cellana ardosioea (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841)

Cypraeidae

• Cypraea caputdraconis (Melvill, 1888)
• Cypraea englerti (Summers & Burgess, 1965)

Muricidae

• Chorus giganteus
• Concholepas concholepas - also referred as Chilean abalone. Local name: Loco
• Thais chocolata (Duclos, 1832) - local name: Locate
• Thais delessertiana (D'Orbigny, 1841)
• Thais haemastoma (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Xanthochorus buxeus
• Xanthochorus cassidiformis

Turbinellidae

• Columbarium tomicici (McLean & Andrade, 1982)

Bivalvia

Mytiloida

Mytilidae

• Aulacomya ater - local name Cholga
• Choromytilus chorus - local name Choro zapato
• Mytilus platensis (d'Orbigny, 1842) - local name Chorito

See also: Mytilus chilensis.

• Mytilus edulis - local name Choro
• Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758) - local name Navaja or Huepo

Veneroida

Solenidae

• Ensis macha (Molina, 1782) - local name Navajuela

Veneridae

• Protothaca thaca (Molina, 1782) - local name: Almeja

Mesodesmatidae (Gray, 1839)

• Mesodesma donacium - local name: Macha

Ostreoida

Pectinidae

• Chlamys purpurata - local name: Ostión
• Chlamys patagonica - local name: Ostión del sur or Ostión patagónico

Ostreidae (Rafinesque, 1815)

• Crassostrea gigas - local name: Ostra del Pacífico
• Ostrea chilensis - local name: Ostra chilena

Cephalopoda

Teuthida

Ommastrephidae

• Dosidicus gigas (D'Orbigny, 1835). Also known as Humboldt squid.

Octopoda

Octopodidae

• Enteroctopus megalocyathus (Gould, 1852) - local name: Pulpo de Chiloé
• Octopus mimus

See also

• List of non-marine molluscs of Chile
• Wildlife of Chile

References

• List of Chilean molluscs

Further reading

• Ashton T. (2007). A Field Guide to Molluscs of Northern Chile. 112 pp.